ITEM: I0840L

No Xwindows when not logged in as root

Question:

        I have a RS/6000 370  running AIX 3.2.5. This is a new system
and installation.  I cannot get Xwindows to run when I use the xinit
command. It will work as root but not if I am any other user. I
receive these errors:
        Binding Unix Socket already in use
        1356-822: creating tcp Socket.
        1356-805: Xinit giving up.

Response:          
    
         Try startx. Nothing would happen, the prompt would come back.

        Need to verify PATH and DISPLAY variables. Will also check 
.xinitrc and .mwmrc files. 
        The DISPLAY variable was :0.0 which is correct. .xinitrc was correct.
correct. Licensing for users was correct. He is utilizing an HFT. The 370 is 
on a network via ethernet and none of the other RS/6000 are experiencing problems. 
It would seem to be a permission problem. But permissions on .xinitrc and for 
the user seemed correct.
        Create a local user to test the Xwindows. The user, he was testing with,
was produced on Yellow pages. Do a cold re-boot. Then try to bring up Xwindows. 
        Still not producing the Xwindows. Had him check the next file systems:

The permissions of the /tmp filesystem are 777 which is correct:

drwxrwxrwt   5 bin      bin         1024 Oct 19 16:54 tmp

Needed to change the permissions of the following file to 777 it was at 755:

drwxrwxrwx   2 root     system       512 Oct 19 16:48 .X11-unix

This resolved the problem for both the local user and the network user!



Support Line: No Xwindows when not logged in as root ITEM: I0840L

Dated: April 1994 Category: N/A

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